Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting pam_u2f package, versions <1.0.8-3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.3% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES151-PAMU2F-2744855
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 Jul 2019

Introduced: 4 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-9578  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.1 pam_u2f to version 1.0.8-3.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pam_u2f package and not the pam_u2f package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.1 relevant fixed versions and status.

In devs.c in Yubico libu2f-host before 1.1.8, the response to init is misparsed, leaking uninitialized stack memory back to the device.